Photo Credit: Charles Brewer
Recently at the Sydney Aquarium the world’s largest publicly created LEGO mosaic was built with the aid of Master Model Builder Steve Gerling. Here you can see a section of the 17,280 6×6 knob spaces waiting to be filled.
Photo Credit: Charles Brewer
And here’s Steve himself working on the mosaic. You can really get an idea of size with him standing next to it.
Photo Credit: Charles Brewer
As a sort of “build-by-number” guide each 6×6 plate has the colors printed on them and the back of the plate tells Steve where that particular plate goes on the overall mosaic.
Photo Credit: Charles Brewer
Photo Credit: Charles Brewer
It takes 622,080 1×1 bricks in various colors to build the entire picture!
So, what did the final mosaic look like? Well unfortunately I couldn’t find a picture of the actual mosaic, but I did find a picture of the image:
If you find yourself in Sydney this year, stop by and see the finished mosaic. It will be on display through 2011.
Tags: 1x1 brick, 6x6 plate, Australia, kangaroo, LEGO, LEGO bricks, Master Model Builder, Mermaid, Model Building Secrets, Mosaic, Neptune, Shark, Steve Gerling, Sydney, Sydney Opera House
September 6, 2012 at 8:06 pm |
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